Borodulina advances to 1000m quarters

Australia's Tatiana Borodulina is through to the quarter-finals of the women's 1,000 metres short track speed skating event after winning her heat at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Japanese opponent Mika Ozawa also qualified after finishing nearly seven hundredths of a second behind the Aussie.

Elsewhere, the Australian women's bobsleigh team of Astrid Loch-Wilkinson and Cecilia McIntosh has been eliminated after finishing last following the third of four runs in the event at the Whistler sliding centre.

Canadian tandem Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse were closing in on gold after keeping Erin Pac and Elana Meyers of USA 2 at arm's length in heat three of four.

The Canadians timed an overall 2min 39.05sec for a substantial 0.57sec lead over their American rivals with Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown of Canada third at 0.91sec.

But once again the interest focused on potentially serious injury at the Whistler Sliding Centre as British medal hopefuls Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke overturned in the women's event.

Pilot Minichiello had her head jammed between the ice and her sleigh, yet managed to walk away from the crash with just a bruised shoulder.